cake or snack served with tea
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
scenery; scene; landscape
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
interception (email); wiretap; bug
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
you could say; you might say; verging on the
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam